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Join the point of view challenge: Editor's Notes #128 August 15, 2012 |
| Hello, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.” --Henry Ford In this issue: 1. Three points of view and a challenge 2. Tickled my funnybone 3. Interesting Web site ========== 1. Three points of view and a challenge Today we're continuing the series on point of view in writing (POV). There are three basic types of POV: first, second, and third person. You can tell which type the writer uses by looking at the narrative pronouns. Narrative pronouns are those used to tell the story, not those in dialogue. If the narrator writes the story in first person, you read I. (I pulled my hair in frustration and wondered what was going on.) If the narrator writes the story in second person, you read you. (You pull your hair in frustration and wonder what is going on.) If the narrator writes the story in third person, you read he, she, it, and they. (He pulled her hair in frustration, and they wondered what was going on.) This is as much as many people know about POV, and it's all I'm going to tell you in this issue because the next sections are too long and too complex to add any of them to this. So here's your value added bit and a bit of homework. Start keeping track of POV you come across in your reading over the next two weeks. Can you identify first, second, and third person POV? Good for you if you can. Now begin to ask yourself why the writer chose that particular narrative voice. What works well with each particular POV? What restrictions apply? If you really want a challenge, pick one section, and rewrite it from a different POV. How does the work change when it comes from another perspective? If you take this on, I'd love to hear from you. I have pages of notes and a proposed outline for several issues on this topic. Like many of my writing projects, though, this one could veer off in many directions depending on the feedback I get. =========== 2.Tickled my funnybone Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high =========== 3. Interesting Web site What can I say? Writer's Helper made this "best of" list. http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/02/50-best-blogs-by-and-for-editors/ =========== Join Writer's Helper Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WritersHelperEditor Follow me on Twitter@AudreytheEditor =========== If you know a writer who would appreciate receiving Editor's Notes, forward this issue. If someone has passed this on to you, you can get your own free subscription by signing up at https://www.writershelper.com/newsletter.html |
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